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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spark1951, post: 3288754, member: 90692&quot;]No.</p><p><br /></p><p>The phrase I see used most often is &quot;flat and shelflike&quot;.&nbsp; Another helpful piece of info is that die doubling <i><b>adds </b></i>to the design, while mechanical/machine doubling <i><b>subtracts </b></i>from the design.&nbsp; Your ASE exhibits this type of subtraction and is clearly flat and shelflike.</p><p><br /></p><p>Every coin needs individual assessment.&nbsp; I have LMC&#039;s from &#039;83-85 ( and other years ) that have strike errors to lettering that appear to &quot;scallop&quot; them...a kind of shearing during the strike, similar to your &quot;WE&quot; picture.&nbsp; Strike errors of this sort are very common and command no premium, rather, you could say they were damaged as they were struck.&nbsp; This is synonomous to weak strikes where all parts of the design are not produced, the best example of this is the flat hair sections on Abe&#039;s head among other anomalies.</p><p><br /></p><p>lincolncentresource.com, error-ref.com and doubleddie.com have info with illustrations that explain it better, perhaps, but that&#039;s about it in a nutshell...hope this helps...Spark[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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